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By City of Heppner
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Local churches to
hmv United Church of Christ
lone United Church of Christ
will hold ii Thanksgiving lvc
service Wednesday, Nov. 23,
7:30 p.m. at the church, "to
give praise and tlwuiksgi vmg
in the midst nf (he holiday
hustle." said the Rev. Cathy
Marker
An offering will he taken
and donated to the Hunger
Action Fund Special music
will lie featured at the service.
Christmas
IS FRI. & SAT.
Heppner merchants will be holding their
Christmas Opening Sale this Friday and
Saturday, with the theme to he "An Old
Fashioned Christmas",
In addition to sale items and reduced
prices, rutii C!aub w ii! he on hand downtown
Anita Palmer named 1982
Co. Fair & Rodeo queen
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Anita Palmer has been named Wtiz
County Fair & Kodeo Queen announced Rodeo
Board President Bob Montgomery Monday,
Nov. 23.
Anita, a senior at lone High School, has
been riding horses all of her life and was a
pennant bearer for four years. Anita was also
princess on the 1981 court.
In addition to her court activities, Anita has
Morrow County's
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"All m e invited to come and
worship - to romemher what
the Thanksgiving holiday is all
uhnut.." concluded the Rev.
Barker.
All Saints
An evening praver service
will he held at All Saints
Episcopal Church in Heppner
on Wednesday. Nov lr at 7:30
p in
Opening
at the Post Office Saturday, Nov. 28 at 1 p.m.
Also starting Friday, downtown merchant
will stay open until 7 p.m. every weeknight up
to Christmas for your shopping convenience.
See inside this issue for the many sale
items offered by Heppner merchants.
Morrow
been involved in 4-H, the Girls Athletic
Association, National Honor Society, tole
painting projects and girls sports.
Anita is the daughter of Lee and Mary Ann
Palmer of lone.
Princesses for the new court were to be
selected Tuesday night, Nov. 24 and will be
announced in next weeks Gazette-Times.
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hold Thanksgiving services
"TIiik nerv ice Mill he n
service of Thanksgiving In-,
God's bountiful gifts to each of
us tins past vcar " said the
Rev Edwin Watts
Hope Lutheran
Hope Lutheran Church in
Heppner will hold a Thanks
giving eve service on Wed.,
Nov. 25, 7:30 p.m.
Everyone is invited to
attend.
SALE
Morrow
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Irrigon Comm.
By FRANCES ROSE WILSON
The annual Thanksgiving
church service, for the com
munity of Irrigon will be held
at the Baptist church at 7 p.m.
on Thanksgiving Day. Nov. 26.
Churches of the community
will come together for this
Christmas tree
permits
available
It is again that time of year
when families go to the woods
to cut their Christmas trees.
Permits must be purchased to
cut trees in the National
Forest. In order to preserve
the scenic and resource values
of the National Forest, we
must ask each permittee to
cooperate with us by comply
ing with the following: (l)Cut
tree as least 50 feet from
roadways, (2) Clean up any
trimmings or limbs from
roadways, (3) Leave stumps
no higher than 10 inches, (4)
Cut off any green limbs left on
stump (can be used for
greens), (5) Do not "long
butt"over 6 feet. Maximum
size of tree to be cut is 14 feet,
(6) Do not cut in timber sale
areas which have been plant
ed with new trees.
Permits may be purchased at
the Heppner Ranger District -open
regular hours Monday
through Friday and Saturdays
on December 12 and 19 from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. Permits are
good for the entire district. No
commercial cutting areas are
available, said a Umatilla
National Forest news release.
Loeal eowboys qualify
for National Finals Rodeo
Seven Oregonians, two from
Morrow County, have quali
fied for the December 5 - 13
National Finals Rodeo to be
held in Oklahoma City. The
NFR playoff totals $613,000,
including PRCA and Women's
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special community event.
Emphasis will be on lay
people of the churches with
several lay persons as speak
ers. Each church is asked to
piovide a musical number.
Morrow Co. awarded
$1,554 from OACD
This is the first time project
funds have been made avail
able to SWCD's through the
Division of Soil and Water
Conservation. State Depart
ment of Agriculture. The
Division until this year was an
independent state organiza
tion known as the State Soil
and Water Conservation Com
mission. It is now officially a
division within the Oregon
department of agriculture. As
a result of that merger, grant
funds to SWCD's are expected
to be available each year,
according to Liles.
A total of 25 applications for
grants totalling over $3 million
weresubmittedthisyear. The
State Soil, and Water Conser
vation Comission (the Divis
ion's governing body) was in
charge of screening and
selecting grantees. Oregon
Department ofulture Director
Leonard Kunzman approved
the commission's
recommendations for final
review by the State Board of
Agriculture,
bids for grants were unsuc
cessful, but according to Liles,
those projects not funded this
Professional Rodeo Associa
tion events.
Qualifying from Morrow
County are Butch Knowles,
Heppner 15th in saddle bronc
riding with $21,071 and Jody
Tatone, Boardman. 12th in
bull riding with $31,336.
Tues., Nov.
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Mon., Nov.
Irrigon man
pleads guilty
Allen Keitn Tompkins, Irri
gon pled quiity to burglary in"
the second degree on Friday,
Nov. 20. A charge of theft in
the second degree was dismis
sed, reports District Attorney
Ann Spicer.
Tompkins will be sentenced
in about six weeks said Spicer.
Michael Palmer, 34, of
Portland was found in con
tempt of court on Friday, Nov.
20 at the Morrow County
Courthouse in Heppner.
Palmer was sentenced to 60
days in the Umatilla County
Jail, said the D.A.
time will be held by the
Division for possible future
funding. Liles urges districts
to continue to submit worthy
projects for grants to be given
in the future.
Nine soil and water conser
vation districts (SWCD's) in
Oregon including Morrow Co.,
will soon be sharing $36,000 in
grant money. The grant
recipients were announced
Tuesday. November 17 at the
Oregon Association of Conser
vation Districts' (OACD) Ann
ual Meeting held in The
Dalles. According to Chuck
Liles. Administrator, Division
of Soil and Water Conserva
tion, grant applications were
also approved from West
Multnomah. East Multnomah,
Sherman County. Yamhill.
Washington County, Klamath.
Malheur County, and Polk
SWCD's. OACD also received
a grant for an educational
project to help carry out the
other SWCD programs.
The smallest grant. $1,554
was awarded to Morrow
SWCD for a no-till demonstra
tion on a 10-acre field. The
six-year project will examine
both possible economic bene
fits and reduction of soil
erosion and water .quality
improvement.
"Most projects chosen were
those considered by the State
Soil and Water Conservation
Commission to be high prior
ity, helping to solve the most
critical erosion problems,"
Liles said.
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O.W. Cutsforth awarded
M.C. Tree Farm plaque
Orville Cutsforth was pre
sented an Outstanding Tree
Farmer plaque at a Heppner
Chamber of Commerce lunch
eon last Tuesday. Nov. 16,
Cutsforth and his wife
Barbara were honored by the
Portland Chamber of Com
merce Monday, Oct 2fi
The Cutsforths received the
Morrow Co. Tree Farmer
Award after planting 21.000
trees, beginning a grass
seeding project and thinning
100 acres of trees in the
Heppner area.
The Outstanding Tree
Farmer program is a national
program resulting in the
eventual selection of a nation-
Irrigon's new police and
safety officer sworn in
By FRANCES ROSE WILSON
Mike Cahill has been sworn
in as Irrigon 's City Police and
Public Safety officer. Cahill,
24, will be moving to Irrigon
from Denver, Colorado this
week to accept his duties, with
his wife Candy and three
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Because of the Thanks
giving holiday, the Heppner
Gazette-Times will be closed
Thursday, Nov . 26 and Friday ,
Nov. 27 so that staff members
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al Outstanding Tree Farmer
from the states Outstanding
Tree Farmer selections. The
nationwide tree farm system
is administered by the Amer
ican Forest Institute with
headquarters in Washington.
DC and the Northwest Pine
Association administers the
program in Eastern Oregon.
Roth of these bodies are
supported by the Forest Pro
ducts Industry through mem
bership of the individual
companies that desire to
participate. said Charles
Arment, spokesperson from
the American Tree Farms
Svstem
year-old daughter, Christie.
He will be working under
Police Commissioner Bill
Cooley.
Cahill attended schools in
Hermiston and graduated
from Blue Mt. Community
College in 1978, where he
studied police science.
Nov.26-27
may enjoy the holiday with
their families.
The Gazette-Times wishes
everyone a very pleasant
Thanksgiving